Brick-setting frame.



R. O. PENFIBLD.

BRICK SETTING FRAIS.

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Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

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I f --4 I n. c. PBNP'IELnM BRICK SETTING FRAME.

APPLXOLTIOI l'lLlZD JAI. 1. 1909.

937,955. Patenwd oct. 26, 1909.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

B.. 0. PENFIELD.

. BBIOI SETTING FBAIE.

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Patented Oct 26. 1909.

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WITNE SES lantaarn' o. i mn: um, or nw zona, n. r.

muck-sama man Ipectacattoii of Lettera htlat.

Patented Oct. 26, 1909;

Application lied January 7, 1M. Iarlal lo. 471,017.

To all whom 'it may concern.

Be it known that l. Rai'iioxn C. lsxrisw, u citizen o! the United residin New ork and State of New York, ha vc invented certain new and useful Improvements l in Brick-Setting' Fraincs, of which the following,y is a specification, reference being had tiled October 31,

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therein to the accompanying;` drawing.

M v present invention relates to a setting l board for enabling burned bricks to be arranged in u stuck formation which will be of rectan fnlai shape and perfectly regular. I

lleieto orc it has been customary to ina-4 nipulate the bricks repeatedly when trans* I ferring them from one operation to another, j or from one place to another, and the rcpeated handling has involved a large labor cost.

In 4accordance with certain inventions iiiadc by mc in the art und mechanism for handling bricks, as well as certain improvel mentsdevised by other persons, the iractice is beginning to obtain of lifting and transportin a arge imiiiber of brick in bulk have been set in a pie-urriinged becomes` necemary, however, to provide ineens whereby the. bricks may be easily and readil ,set in a rectangular formation, and to t is end inyjinvcntion coinprises a board having mechanical elements arranged in connection therewith so' that the rectangular 4formation may be built u'p evenly and neatly. In a co-pondi I a plication ol.' mine for Leitern Patent, fl ed lXtOber 8, 1908, Serial No. 456,692, I` have described' a method of handling bricks by setting the' same in a unit stack with the lower layer or tier of brick than the'supe mail. In another copending application of mine for Hitters atent upon a brick setting frame, 1908, Serial No. 400,249, I have described a frame wherein the bricks, can bo placed in a rtangularformation, and also whereby there is provided a inechanical contrivancc by means of which a unit stack having a short basic layer may be My present invention consists in a simplit tied und more economical construction of mechanical means for accomplishing the :saineresult as that aimed utili my said co-l pending application No. 460,249 and, fur-p i ther-more, it comprises various details and peculiarities in the construction, con-ibination after t :States of America. l at: New York citv, in the county of l vertical board board 2 and the base are placed onitlic board l and arrangement. of parts substantially as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawin l's illustrat- .ing my invention, Ii ire l is a ront elevation of niy improve( brick settin board. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section of t e same. `Fig. 3 is u top plan view. Fig. 4 is a partial rear elevation showing the lover mechanism for actuating the clamping devices. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view of. one of the clamping lingers. Fi". 6 is a partial front elevation of a modified` form of my' improved brick setting board. Fig. 7 is areal' elevation of the sume. Fig. 8 is a partial plan view of the same.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding arts throughout. all the different figures ofthe drawings.

e 1 designates a bottom plate or board having a general rectaa ilar sha Je on which the bricks are hacke up, as s own in dotted lines at A in Figs. 1 and 2. At one end of the board 1 is a-vertical board 2, and

alongside of said board 1 is a longitudinal 3 which forms with tho end board 1 a right-an led frame. Ordinarily y sentia] to employ another end board similar to board 2 at the opposite end of the device, although it maybe used if referred. Only one corner like that formedp by the uprights 2 and 8 is neededfin conjunction with the horizontal. basa board 1 to tprovide the proper guidin and alinin rame for a unit stack, and it. will be lfound that the bricks can be accurately placed and iroperly alined by the uae of these arts. ie end board 2 bei at rilit anges to the hor-izoutal board and t ie side '3 being likewise at right angles to the horizontal board v1 as well as at ri t a es to the vertical board 2, it obvious y resu ts that when the bricks 1 side b aide with with their their ends ainst the aide 8 an t sides aralle with the end 2, it will be eeen that t e lower basic layer, as indicated at B, will be proiLei-ly placed; and as the. other layers are ui t thereon properly alined and positioned relatively to the layer and tof the corner'2, '8, there `will be n o trouble about making the whole stack lperfectly rectangular and symmetrical so that 'when it is .lifted out ofthe forming' and-snpporting` device, it cansbec about and its rectangular formation preaerved so as to enable it to be properly set in conjunction iio 'format-ion which is though with other unit stacks in a kiln or else-l where. l The particular construction of brick sc tting board which I am now describing isi not only designed for use with a stackl formation whose basic layer is shorter than .I that ofthe siipcrposed mass, but also with l the forni of basic layer which. is split. orl

divided at a certain`point. in its length between these two ends, `usiially by the rcnioval of one of the bricks, so as to enable i .a clampin effect to be` produced at thatl oiiit iis we l as at the ends of the basic layer f y the lifting mechanism which is employed to asp the stack formation and transport; l it gom point to point. Therefore in the' setting board. in order that the stuck piled thereon may be ro rly built, I utilize means for n ot only i liackieng up the bricks with the basic layer shorter than the superposed mass, but also with the basic layer divided into two parts as I shall presently specify.

In the board 1 at. the ends thereof and also at the center are supported parallel horizontal shafts, there being one, 4. at each end and two,5, at, the center. These are supported in any desired inaiiner and byv iinyI suitable means, as, for instance by the an le plates tl which iroject slightly above t ie surface of the buse ard 1 as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. The`sliafts 4 and 5 each carry one or more fingers 7 which are preferabl vielding to a certain extent, al-

d Iy do liot wfiiih to be restiiicted to provi iii yie in rs as rigi tin ers might seive ualFy wella Also, althoii li I have indient in the drawings each s aft provided with a single finger 7 it may be ound that the best. .results will be obtained by the emplcliyment of several fingers 7 on each shaft. ach shaft, furthermore, is rovidgl with a crank arm 8 rigidly atta ed thereto. The cranks 8 on the end shafts 4 connect by means oflinka 9 with the cranks 8 on the parallel cen'tral shafts. Pivoted to these linkstlare other linka 10 which are likewise pivoted to the'horizontal" arm' 11 of a T-shaped lever l.12 which is pivotedat 13 to a plate 14. secured to the near face of the lon gitudinsl side board 3. Obviously the inanipulatioii of the lever 12 back an forth on its pivot in 13 which is carried in the plate 14 will lift the links 10, 10, the one or the other as the case may be, and also the long links 9, thereby actuating'tlie crank arms and rocking the shafts 4 and 5 to which the crank arms 8 are rigidly connected, and obviously the rockin of the shafts 4 and 5 will actuate the clamping fingers 7. The iiiovcf ment of the lever 12in'oiie direction will' cause the clamping fingers 7 to be moved foward each other, or in other wordsmoved so as tn compre-s the seriesof bricks lying between them so as to take up any lost space number of bricks placed in this way vcr-' tically edgcwisc between the and fingers T and the center lingers i', und when first placed they will. be thrown loosely on the msc board with more or lens space between 'thein. It is necessary, therefore, to nianipulate the lever 12 so as to cause the fingers T to' Lpress against these loosely placed bricks an properly brin them into close assmiiation, eliminating ii l space betwen them and finally adjusting the bricks on the base board so that there will be provided a lower basic layer on which the su ierposed mass may be built, .said lower basic layer being shorter than the superposed mass and being split or divided at a central point intermediate latween its ends. lt is to be observed. nioiliover, that the fingers 7 are short in their vertical length, being` only equal to :i frm-- tion of the width of the bricks, and bein-.- only extending a short distance u along# side of the face of the bricks wifi which they come into contact, thereby leavin be tween the upper ends of these fingers and the wei-hanging ends of the superposeil mass a considera le open s iiice which is for the purpose of allowing t e clamping and liftng devices of the ifting mechanism to be inserted in the end spaces and also in the center space above the fingers 7 and below the super osed mass so that the clamps may iieoessfu y engage the sections of the basic layer for the purpose of lifting the same and simultaneously ma lift the siipcrpoaed .mass either b a direct ifting action thereon or by the lifting effect produced through thi` lclamping; .strain on the sections of the basic ayer. v

In' the modified form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 6, 7 and 8, I show a different mechanism for actuating the clamping fin and likewise a changed arrangement at t e base for elosin up the sections of th'e lower layer as I wil now describe. The board itself is constructed substantially in the same manner as in the other figures ,of the drawing having a base 1, an end board 2, and .a longitudinal side board 3, which jointly constitute a corner within which the rectangular formation of the unit stack may be'built u Instead, however, of Ihaving clamping evices at the ends of the shorter basic layer and also at a centraly int inten mediate between the ends tlierco I dispense with the clam ing devicesI 'at the ends and employ only t ose at the center, o f which i latter there are two as shown at 'i'. 7 carried l by parallel shafts,'5, 5 similar to the pair of 3 SIG llO

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' vazen D 'shafts and clam ing fingers shown in Fig. l. In lieu of the c amping devices at the ends ofthe short basic layer I utilize spacin lttipa 15 which are simply narrow pieces o wood or metal laid dat on the base 1 at the eiids thereof and capable of more or less adustment relatively to the extremities of said so that the distance between them and the center clamping lingers 7 may be reguw 'llted and adjusted as ma be desired.. '.Iliese spacing stri are ma e adjustable by the provision o bolts 17 masia v throu rh them and through the boar l am provit ed with suitable nuts etc., which can be loosened 15 and tighten In the board 1 is a series of slots 16 through which the bolts 1T pass. Obviously by looseaiu r said 'bolts the lstrips 15 muy be adjusted relatively to the ends of the board l". These strips l occupy a part 20 of the space below tbe overhanvingf ends of the su )er i mass and enab e the bricks of the usic layer to be properly arranwdtl in a row which will be brought close y up 'against these strips. and then when the unit :5 stack'is built above the basic layer the second row as also those above will pro'eet over the basic row: aud.in the space be ow the overhunging mams and above the strips 15 the clamps or lifting fingers of the lifting 3o mechanism may be inserted when the time comes to transport the unit stack from the setting board to anv desiredv ioint. When the bricks are placed upon the )card 1*, they will bedrop between the center clampiu fingers 7 am the-end spacing strips 15, an

when the proper number has been so placed the clampingr fin 'ers will be operated and the bricks tightly clamped up against the end strips 15, thus taking up the unav-es 40 sary space und properly arranging the units of the basic layer so that they will serve as the foundation for the massof bricks to be placed thereon. The parallel centershafts 5, which curry the clampin lingers 7, are provided with 'crank arms 8, 18 to which are pivoted links 2.- 1 9; the opposite ends of which are pivoted to the arma il)V of a' T-aha l lever 21 the handle ot which projects youd the end of Bu'theaide 8 and is easily grasped by an attendant at that eudof the settingr bohrd. :The lever 21 is supported on a pin 22 which is held in a plate 23 that is fastened to the side. 3. -By movingr the handle 21 up or down the links l!! will be actuated and will transmit movement through the cranks 18 to the shafts 5 and thc-clamping fingers 7 so that the leitet-will exert pressure upon the .bricks-of the basic laver for the purpose of closing the same up tightly against the end stri s 15.

te o eration of the device in both of its 'forms will be evident from the foregoing de- Q Scription of the construction and coinbiiur ab tion. As ha already been stated the burned .bricks will be plat-ed on the board l or l' as the caae may be. They will be arrau l on their edges transversely of the board or 1* with their ends against the longitudinal side 8 and.without an more space between 7o the individual bricks t ian will naturally resuit from the handling thereof by the attendant. After the proper number has been thus placed upon the base board, the attentiant will operate the lever l2 or the lever 2l 75 as the case may be and thereby actuate the center clamping fingers and in that form. of the invention where there are end clamping lingers they also will be actuated, .hereby bringing said clamps against the bricks and ao thus consolidating the twoaections of the lower basic layer bv taking up an space that may exist between them so tiat the whole seriesof nuits is brought into close and intimate contact, thereby providing the proper foundation row for thc unit stack. After this is done the su rpoeed mass can be built upon the basic leyer. It is to be noted, however. that this basic layer is shorter than the mass above so that the lfting mechanism may be properly brought into eng ent therewith.

Many c an may be made in the construction, coniztihation and arran ment of parts of the invention without etracting 9s from its eicienc or exceeding the scope Aof the appended claims, una I therefore reserve the liberty of reconstructiu and rearranging the details as may be liound in actual practice to best suit for )rat-tical use. 10.0

Having thus described my invention what 'I claim as new and desire to secure by lietteisPatent, is:

1. In a brick-setting board, the combina tion witli'au anlarn ri ht,'of a horizontal 105 surface on whic the ri s inay be hacked, tip-in stack formation, movable. devices arranged in connection with the latte'r for acting upon the lower layer of brieksat the endsand at the center, -alid a lever for operatingsaid movable devices.

2. 'In a brick-setting board, the combination with a surface on which a' layer of bricks may be placed, of movable clamps at the ce ,ter and at the ends for closing up the lo er layer in two sections, and leaving` a space 'at the center and ends for the engagement of a lifting mechanism.'

3. In a brick-setting board, the combination with a surface ou which a layer of bricks may be placed in two sections, of yielding lin 'ers arranged at. the ends of the sections und` also between the sections, and nieaus'for operating said fingers for closing,i up the units of the sections and enablingthe layer ol' bricks to 'serve as a foundation rou' for a unit'stuclt.

4. ln a luieki-iettingr board, the combination of a base, an angular corner, shafts at the ends of the. base provided with clamp# 3U- ing` deviws, shafts it thi: einer likewise pm. iiili-l with i'hinipingdevm-s. ii lm'viiigo nii-ul umani fui' rocking sutil shntis. ii hiimlli` fur camu clamping mechanism iii'riinged at the center of said surface, and iiiciins for actuating isniil damping niiei'liiinisni includin n layer actuating the hiveriigv niochziiiimi. iill iii ,ranged so thiit the liiiiiiil i'mv nf lii'ivkisiiin) liv closed iip into two vhwlv ,ii-i wi-ihms with splines :it thtl i'iiils livlnw the npiipnswl iiiii--'.-l 0f it milt .-itilik iiiiil ii s'pzii'c nlm liotwvisii the sertiims, iill nri'iingml an t mit thi` luis-ul i-mv thin: fm'iiiml init)- liv snswpiihh. uf Iii-ing n-- gngul by thi` inwlinnisin nf :i lifting iini-hiiiv.

lli ii lilirk-sitliiig.:r :iiilipnit` tlii iuiiiliiiiii tion of fi limit. ein iingnliiimini-i' whit-h phi' mits tlw stting nl' ii nnii im-k iii :u1-imite i'ci'tiingiiliir foi'iimtiuii. n 'liiiiipingmr ilmii-i- :it the fi-iitvi' '.f ilu` huw. iiiwiii t'ni' nviiiiiting it i'minisliiig nf links iiiiil lm'vn-x :i liiiiiillv l fui' opnriitiiig'siiiil links nml levers. iinil uliutments iigiiiiist which tliv brii'ks iiniy liv to serve :i ii Inninlntiuii fui' thc siipei'inisvil iinit .tac

0. In :i lii'ivk-sett-iii tion uf a hnrizniitii corner consisting of two ii ri lit alle! shafts mio iii mieli ont u the board, an nnguliir llnrts, pai inrizonll 'thc viliiiitinii.- of which muse the t' lm ing ihwiccs tu hu :ipplied tu the bricks o the liaisic liiyvi'.

8. iii u hrirltuiting lmiii'il. this combinalii'iii nl' :i lini'ixmitiil eliiiicnt. vertical eleiiiiiiif-t :iriaiiigeil iii iniinictioii willi thtl liurizniilzil i'liiiii'iitri tn viiiililc ii niiii stnik lo lle :in-i inivi'y svt iii iei-iiingiihir tm'iii. iiioiiible IiiigJi-i's :ii-i'niigwl vviiti'zilly of the linrizontiil l1-viv fm* .'iitiiig iigii'iiii-it i'nws of liii'ks plm-vil un mii'h sith thon-nf :nml hy pri-sing :igniini ihv l-iiiiw tu inkt' iip :ill lust space, :unil ai li-ii-i' whiml vihi'iitiun i'phiilts through iiiliililie runnin-limb iii moving thi'. .'-zziiil lingvr.

Si. ln :i lii'wkwttiiig lmiii'il. designed tu pinned in a close marins and in iwi scctiuns .-;l|iti.r than the super )used muss unil lii'iilcil iiitn two puri, t ie conihiriaitinn nl ii horizontal anrfiwv, iin iiiigiilni' i-miici', miiiiis liuitrd, the 'minihiiaifor iiitiiig iigiiinat' thitivi piii'tfI nl' :lic lmszil board iiinl ai pair iit thi` renter, crunk urine foi' the purpose o fi-ockiug the shafts iiinl' moving the clamping devices.

. Iii it brinkiwitiiig hoard, the vomhiiiiition of vertical iTi-iglits. -xi hmiznntal nii'- if siiiil two piirtI tightly iigiiinsi iwi other, ii sivnivin nl li-vprn fui' :iutiiziiiiig the' manna which iimsiiniplislws ilu` .mid i-i\.-.iilt, und ii. lvici' foi' inipiii ting iiiiiiiuii in aki .systtiii "I lwvrs.

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Fichier: PAUL, ll. h'iriiiinnmn. 

